ADN vs. WEF, GFP, GDL, IFP, CNL, ARG, ECO, FAR, ETG, and WRN
Should you be buying Acadian Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Acadian Timber include Western Forest Products (WEF), GreenFirst Forest Products (GFP), Goodfellow (GDL), Interfor (IFP), Collective Mining (CNL), Amerigo Resources (ARG), EcoSynthetix (ECO), Foraco International (FAR), Entrée Resources (ETG), and Western Copper and Gold (WRN). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Acadian Timber (TSE:ADN) and Western Forest Products (TSE:WEF) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Western Forest Products had 1 more articles in the media than Acadian Timber. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Western Forest Products and 0 mentions for Acadian Timber. Acadian Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Western Forest Products' score of -0.99 indicating that Acadian Timber is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Acadian Timber currently has a consensus price target of C$18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. Western Forest Products has a consensus price target of C$0.73, suggesting a potential upside of 32.73%. Given Western Forest Products' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Forest Products is more favorable than Acadian Timber.
Acadian Timber has a net margin of 31.49% compared to Western Forest Products' net margin of -6.73%. Acadian Timber's return on equity of 9.45% beat Western Forest Products' return on equity.
Acadian Timber pays an annual dividend of C$1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Western Forest Products pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Acadian Timber pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Forest Products pays out -22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Western Forest Products is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Acadian Timber has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Forest Products has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Acadian Timber has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Western Forest Products. Western Forest Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Timber, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Forest Products received 184 more outperform votes than Acadian Timber when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave Western Forest Products an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Acadian Timber an outperform vote.
10.5% of Acadian Timber shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Western Forest Products shares are held by institutional investors. 45.7% of Acadian Timber shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Western Forest Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Acadian Timber beats Western Forest Products on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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